Apocalypse

Borrowing ideas and plots details HEAVILY from the mega-budget Hollywood flick 'Armageddon', 'Apocalypse' tells the story of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. If it were to hit the planet, it would undoubtably destroy all life in very much the same fashion that is said to have happened in the age of dinosaurs. The worlds only hope is a group of trailer-trash oil-drillers (even though no drilling is involved) who must land a nuclear bomb on the asteroid in the aim to blow it to smytherines. Hang on, when I said it 'borrows' ideas from 'Armageddon' I lied. This is the 3dmm counterpart. It's clear Domke worked hard to lovingly recreate a genuine look and feel to it. The problem is though, I think he must have lost steam soon after starting the project. The story is abreviated way too much - the movies goes from 'just starting' all the way to 'just ending' in such a short space of time. The story looses it's own substance that it worked so hard to establish in the first few scenes and all too quickly the 'o so abrupt ending is almost thrown upon us. I felt cheated and disappointed. This is a Hollywood rip-off that could have been something great.

[Dustin Guest]

LOL Domke's color palette was insane. I like how he introduces the plot element of releasing prisoners and then IMMEDIATELY abandons it.